Ἀλοάων
threshing
Translated by Jennifer Benedict31 May 2000Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
Also [sc. attested is] a)loa/santa ["him having threshed"];1 Pherecrates said a)loa/santa with an alpha; "at once to alienate with draught horses the man who had threshed."2 But to cut with blows [is] a)loh=sai with an eta.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλοάων. καὶ Ἀλοάσαντα· ἀλοάσαντα εἶπεν ἐν τῷ α Φερεκράτης· ἵπποι ὑποζύγιοι ἀλοάσαντ' εὐθὺς ἐκποιῆσαι. τὸ δὲ συγκόψαι πληγαῖς, ἀλοῆσαι ἐν τῷ η.
Betacode
*)aloa/wn. kai\ *)aloa/santa: a)loa/santa ei)=pen e)n tw=| a *ferekra/ths: i(/ppoi u(pozu/gioi a)loa/sant' eu)qu\s e)kpoih=sai. to\ de\ sugko/yai plhgai=s, a)loh=sai e)n tw=| h.
Notes (3)
- The unglossed headword (again under alpha 1321, but as↩
a(loa/wn ; otherwise unattested) is the present active participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verba)loa/w ,a)low= .- 1Aorist active participle, masculine accusative singular. What now follows is also in Photius and other lexica. ↩
- 2Pherecrates fr. 65 Kock, now 71 K.-A. -- here garbled: the horses should be in the dative. ↩
- 3This aorist infinitive is from the same verb; the different spelling is an issue of dialect.
Linked from6 entries
- α1321Ἁλοῆοςthresher(?)[Thresher(?)] and threshing. Also [sc. attested is] a(lohto/s ["threshing-time"], the height of summer.
- α1330ἈλοῶI thresh, smite, drive around, smashThe [verb that means] I break. Also [sc. attested is the active participle] a)low=n ["threshing"], [meaning one who is] leading [beasts] around in a circle from without, as those on the threshing floors [do]. Or…
- α1368Ἅλωthreshing-floorThe nominative [is] a(/lw. For the a(/lws [version is] a modern mistake.
- α1372ἉλῶαHaloaIt is an Attic festival. Philochorus says it was named from the fact that men in those days spent their time on the threshing floors [halos].
- α1373Ἁλωάςthreshing-floors, orchards[sc. The same as] a(lwni/ai, the places where grain is threshed. It is also tree-bearing ground. [The noun] a(lw|h/ [comes] from the [verb] a(loiw= with an iota. "Wasting Oeneus' orchard." But [sc. the headword] a(lwa/s…
- α1378Ἁλωήthreshing-floor, field, orchard[Meaning a] corn-bearing area; but a)lo/h [sc. with omicron is different]. [Namely] the unguent.
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